Hans Bhardwaj

Background

About Hans Bhardwaj

Passionate, committed and result oriented agri-research professional and leader with extensive global experience in building and leading highly successful plant breeding research teams in both private and public sector around the world. Successfully led the establishment of a global network of plant breeding programs and technology hubs with world class competencies and capacity to develop proprietary competitive seed products using modern plant breeding technologies and approaches in Latin America, Europe, Africa, China and rest of Asia Pacific. Have lived and worked with extended job assignments around the globe including India, Philippines, Argentina, Thailand and USA. Extensive experience in formulating and leading numerous regional and global initiatives working with various stake holders and serving on various global leadership teams. Currently serving as the leader of global Rice Breeding Program of OneCGIAR across IRRI, AfricaRice and CIAT since May 2023 and as head of Rice Breeding & Innovations department at the International Rice Research Institute since January 2019. I am excited about the opportunity to use my experiences and learnings from almost 40 years of working in the commercial plant breeding/seed industry for the benefit of broader public good by working closely with my fellow research professionals and the leadership at the OneCGIAR organisation.